Fix housing and you'll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities
- Written by Nina Lansbury Hall, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
Remote Indigenous communities have taken swift and effective action to quarantine residents against the risks of COVID-19. Under a plan developed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group, entry to communities is restricted to essential visitors only. This is important, because crowded and malfunctioning housing in remote...